‘They can’t be sold out, I spent ages trying.’ ‘I made it through to the booking screen – maybe it went through?’ ‘Perhaps I will get tickets in the resale?’ If this is you, you are in the denial stage.

‘I don’t think I will ever be happy again.’ ‘I can’t listen to music as it makes me think of all the bands I won’t see.’ ‘Drinking reminds me of all the cans I won’t drink at camp.’ ‘Grass makes me think of all the places at Glastonbury where I could have sat down when too drunk or tired to stand up.’

Acceptance

‘It’s just a festival.’ ‘I can do something else that weekend.’ This is a hard state to achieve, and times will come which will test you in the coming months. Line-up announcements, tickets being sent out and the festival itself will all be difficult times, but you can get through this. Good luck with your journey to acceptance.

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